Family 2013 - Colorful Creations (layout 365)

This post is quite bittersweet as it is my last submission for colorful creations as they are closing and reopening as Picture This! I know that this is their last sketch (as they decided not to post their december 15th sketch due to lack of participation of their December 1st sketch. . .but here i am perservering with my layout because I loved this sketch and used it to create a layout for my Grandpa's album that i am making him for christmas. Here is December 1st sketch:


And my take:

Supplies used:
paper: dcwv (limoncello stack)
mist: lindy's stamp gang starburst (franken-lime)
twine: american craft
flower brad: recollection
alphas: thickers (green glitter)
sequins: forever in time

thank you for stopping by, and although you can no longer play with colorful creations, i do hope that you can join them at picture this!

Merry Christmas Card

I am so proud of myself I am finally finished making my Christmas cards!!!! I made 71 this year (this is on top of all the presents I'm making). I made a couple of these cards using a sketch for sketch-n-scrap by Kelly Hollifield:


and was inspired by PaperCrafter's Magazine Monday Week #80, I was inspired by the colours and the snow:


Here is my card:

Supplies used:

papers: recollection, stampin' up

washi & sticker: dollar store

inks: tim holtz distress pad (seedless preserves, black soot)

Thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments :)

hope you can play along at sketch-n-scrap: http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3867708449&group=0&frame_type=b&context=blog_profile&context_ids=5195193&blog=5195193&frame=1&click=0&user=0

and with PCC Magazine Monday (you have until Sunday to get your entry in this week): http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/papercrafting-challenge-magazine-mondays-week-80/

a couple of Christmas presents

A couple of years ago, we decided that since I'm so crafty, that i would make the majority of our Christmas presents. Although it is ALOT of work, it is so worth it and (I feel) the gifts are better received. Here are some of what I have been working on:

Merry Christmas - LCOM #100

So I have been MIA lately cause I have been crazy busy getting Christmas ready (you will see a bunch of new posts today with all the stuff I have been creating). Here is a card I created based on a pagemaps sketch from Let's Capture Our Memories:


And my take:

I have 70 cards to make this year so I make multiples of cards (I have two weeks til we leave and I want to mail out the  cards before i leave).

Supplies used:

I used a stamp (i have had in my stash forever) and stamped it with tim holtz distress pad (frayed burlap) and then put martha stewart metallic embossing powder (bronze) over, tapped it off and heat embossed it with my martha stewart heating tool (by far my favorite heat gun). I then stamped the stampin' up mini sentiment with tim holtz distress pad (black soot). i then used my glitter glue (yellow) and went over the stars.

thank you for stopping by and for your wonderful comments, hope you can play along this month with LCOM: http://letscaptureourmemories.blogspot.ca/2014/11/lcom-sketch-100-reveal.html

new challenge blog!!! Picture This! coming soon!!!!

Okay so as most of you know I am a stay-at-home mom to a wonderful little 3-year old (Kyle) who is the apple of my eye and I love doing (and documenting) all of our adventures together!!! Which is why sketches are my favorite go-to scrapbook tool (yes i called sketches a tool)!!! But what i love most about sketches is because the sketch gives me such a great starting place it leaves me time to focus on other things on my layout such as design, colour, technique, embellishing (etc etc) so when I came across Picture This! challenge blog I immediately thought this is right up my alley!!!

Their challenges focus of photos, techinques and products!!! Hello incredible right!!! I am so excited to get started with them (and if i didn't have a ton of things on my crafting table [aka my kitchen counter] i would be all over the December Mini Challenge sampler (however, if i by chance do get my presents [and cards] finished by december 19th i will definitely trying to create something for this challenge).

Okay so you are probably asking why I am telling you about this (well besides the obvious that they are AWESOME). . .1) it gives you another reason to create; 2) they are brand new and want to get the word out; 3) a chance to win some kick a$$ stuff (no joke, like really who doesn't like free stuff??) go and check them out on their blog: http://picturethischallenges.blogspot.ca/ or facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Picture-This-Challenge-Blog/732315413528257 like them, comment on their giveaway and you could win!!! And although free stuff is always nice (especially free scrapping stuff) you are learning about a brand new site/challenge so common what do you have to lose, come play!!!

Adventurous Girl - ScrapMuch? December 5 DT reveal (layout 365)

Okie dokie so today is Friday which means another exciting reveal from ScrapMuch? this week's sketch is super fun and versatile:


i loved this sketch and as soon as I saw it I thought girly/feminine/pretty (which I don't get to do alot of the time since I mostly scrap my son) but thought i'm going to go for it and get messy and have fun. I am so happy with the way it turned out!!! Here is my take:

This is my wonderful cousin who is one of the bravest people I know and I absolutely love her!!! This is her this past summer while visiting family and friends in Powell River, BC.

to create the flourishes I used forever in time flourish clear stamp and ranger ink cleaer embossing ink and stamped the page a couple of times. I then put some stampendous pink embossing powder over it, tapped it off and then heat embossed it to give it a little sheen.

Supplies used:
papers: stampin' up (cardstock), authentique (radiant 6x6 paper pad)
inks: distress ink (picked raspberry), distress stain (broken china), lindy's stamp gang starburst (pretty in pink pink, tibetan poppy teal)
other: recollection (tag), authentique (radiant: components, journey: headlines), washi tape (dollar store), stickers (in my stash forever!!! love when i can use stuff from my stash!!!)

Thank you for stopping by, hope you can play along with us this month (there are prizes!!!): http://nblo.gs/11Q4vf

lil athelete (layout 364)

just stopping by to share a fun layout of my son: